Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Fereshteh Rahmanzadeh and her father, Ali Rahmanzadeh, were shot dead in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, after her former husband opened fire as police officers accompanied them to enforce a court order

A 19-year-old woman and mother of two, Jana Sadouei, was killed by her husband in the village of Tarimish in Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province, on 16 May. An informed source said Sadouei had been

A Kurdish woman from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was shot dead in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 12 February. Khatereh (Awat) was killed by four gunshots and

Maria Hossein-Panahi, a pregnant 32-year-old Kurdish woman, has been killed by her husband following a domestic dispute in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)

Leyla Azari, a 39-year-old mother of one child, has been killed by her former husband in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, after she refused to reconcile with him. The Kurdistan Human Rights

Leila Alirmaei, a 42-year-old woman, was shot dead by her neighbour in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, after refusing his repeated demands to divorce her husband and marry him. The Kurdistan Human

Sorayya Ali-Mohammadi, a 32-year-old woman from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, has died after her husband set her on fire following a "family dispute". The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has

Kani Abdollahi, a 17-year-old girl, was killed by her father in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 25 January. The tragic incident reportedly took place after the father discovered that his

Two Kurdish women, Kosar Darabi and Zahra Shahbazi, have been killed by their husbands in Kermanshah and Ilam, respectively, within the past week. Darabi, an 18-year-old woman from Kermanshah,

A 40-year-old woman from Ilam, Ilam Province, was killed by her husband on 10 November and the authorities have arrested him on murder charges, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has